Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Eswatini
Eswatini: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 4,935 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Eswatini stood at 4,935 ha.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Eswatini peaked at 7,000 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 1,316 ha, in 1985.
That places Eswatini 61st out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,300 ha | +6.0% |
| 1965 | 5,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 5,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 5,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 5,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1970 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 4,945 ha | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 4,422 ha | -10.6% |
| 1974 | 5,202 ha | +17.6% |
| 1975 | 5,808 ha | +11.6% |
| 1976 | 4,142 ha | -28.7% |
| 1977 | 2,812 ha | -32.1% |
| 1978 | 2,812 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,738 ha | -2.6% |
| 1980 | 2,740 ha | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 1,494 ha | -45.5% |
| 1982 | 1,665 ha | +11.4% |
| 1983 | 1,336 ha | -19.8% |
| 1984 | 1,387 ha | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 1,316 ha | -5.1% |
| 1986 | 1,400 ha | +6.4% |
| 1987 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,807 ha | +171.9% |
| 1989 | 3,063 ha | -19.5% |
| 1990 | 3,047 ha | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 2,300 ha | -24.5% |
| 1992 | 2,387 ha | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 2,694 ha | +12.9% |
| 1994 | 3,000 ha | +11.4% |
| 1995 | 3,500 ha | +16.7% |
| 1996 | 4,500 ha | +28.6% |
| 1997 | 6,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1998 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1999 | 6,300 ha | -10.0% |
| 2000 | 5,510 ha | -12.5% |
| 2001 | 5,500 ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 5,510 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 5,500 ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 5,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 5,510 ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 5,500 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 5,510 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 5,460 ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 5,624 ha | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 5,349 ha | -4.9% |
| 2011 | 5,409 ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 5,582 ha | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 5,838 ha | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 5,936 ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 4,137 ha | -30.3% |
| 2016 | 5,304 ha | +28.2% |
| 2017 | 5,126 ha | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 4,856 ha | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 4,932 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 4,971 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 4,920 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 4,941 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 4,944 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 4,935 ha | -0.2% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 4,935 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40,974 ha, 12% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 4,935 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 107,211 ha, 5% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Eswatini changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +171.9% | 1,400 ha | 3,807 ha |
| 1981 | -45.5% | 2,740 ha | 1,494 ha |
| 1997 | +33.3% | 4,500 ha | 6,000 ha |
| 1977 | -32.1% | 4,142 ha | 2,812 ha |
| 2015 | -30.3% | 5,936 ha | 4,137 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,211 ha | 5,000 ha | 5,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,288 ha | 2,738 ha | 5,808 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,961 ha | 1,316 ha | 3,807 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,073 ha | 2,300 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,522 ha | 5,460 ha | 5,624 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,247 ha | 4,137 ha | 5,936 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,942 ha | 4,920 ha | 4,971 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Eswatini?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Eswatini was 4,935 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 7,000 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,316 ha in 1985.
- How does Eswatini rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Eswatini ranks 61st out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.